Month: August 2023

Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterAug 2, 2023, 06:26 PM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. LSU will be without defensive line coach Jimmy Lindsey when it opens preseason camp on Thursday. Tigers coach Brian Kelly announced on Wednesday that Lindsey is stepping away from the team to deal
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Associated Press Aug 2, 2023, 06:05 PM ET The NCAA on Wednesday announced that it was crafting detailed rules for name, image and likeness compensation and that all college athletes soon would be eligible for injury insurance after they leave school. The NCAA Division I Board of Directors directed The Division I Council to deliver
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Associated Press Aug 2, 2023, 05:22 PM ET LAS VEGAS — A Nevada judge on Wednesday ordered former NFL cornerback Damon Arnette to appear in person to resolve a felony gun case by pleading guilty to two misdemeanors stemming from an argument with Las Vegas Strip casino valets in January 2022. “I’m going to need
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Tim Bontemps, ESPNAug 2, 2023, 05:29 PM ET The Philadelphia 76ers announced veteran center Montrezl Harrell had undergone an MRI that revealed both a torn ACL and a torn medial meniscus in his right knee after swelling following recent workouts. Harrell, 29, averaged 5.6 points and 2.8 rebounds across 57 games for the 76ers last
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Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 2, 2023, 04:42 PM ET The Big Ten’s exploration of potential expansion, which the league generally acknowledged Wednesday, underscores the fragility of the overall collegiate landscape and casts a pall over the future of the Pac-12. In the wake of a Yahoo Sports report on Wednesday that the Big Ten has begun
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Associated Press Aug 2, 2023, 05:05 PM ET Gambling investigations at Iowa and Iowa State have now resulted in criminal charges filed against seven current or former athletes, with ex-Hawkeyes basketball player Ahron Ulis and Cyclones quarterback Hunter Dekkers the ones with the highest profiles. Each is accused in the complaints of tampering with records
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Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterAug 2, 2023, 03:39 PM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. Terri Harper will defend her WBA junior middleweight title against Cecilia Braekhus on Oct. 7 in Sheffield, England, a rescheduling of a
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Aug 2, 2023, 04:27 PM ET The Toronto Blue Jays placed shortstop Bo Bichette on the 10-day injured list Wednesday with right patellar tendinitis. Bichette left Monday’s 4-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles in the third inning because of a sore right knee. Manager John Scheidner told reporters Tuesday that an MRI showed “no significant
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Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 2, 2023, 04:31 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State President Richard McCullough told his board of trustees during a meeting Wednesday that the university would have to “very seriously” consider leaving the ACC unless there is
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Andrew Lopez, ESPNAug 2, 2023, 02:31 PM ET San Antonio Spurs guard Devonte’ Graham has been suspended by the NBA for two games stemming from a driving while intoxicated charge in July 2022, the league announced Wednesday. Graham pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charge, while a speeding charge was dropped in late
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Aug 2, 2023, 02:06 PM ET Former US Open champion Emma Raducanu made her return to the practice court on Wednesday for the first time since she underwent wrist and ankle surgery in May. In a video posted to social media, the 20-year-old Briton could be seen training with compatriot Kyle Edmund. “August 2nd, the
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ESPN News Services Aug 2, 2023, 01:53 PM ET The Texas Rangers revealed a positive injury prognosis for a pair of All-Stars, with both shortstop Corey Seager and catcher Jonah Heim on best-case-scenario recovery timetables. Seager was expected to miss more than two weeks after suffering a right thumb sprain on July 21, but the
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Associated Press Aug 2, 2023, 01:49 PM ET Collectibles broker Sotheby’s expects Wilt Chamberlain’s 1972 NBA Finals jersey to sell for more than $4 million in an upcoming auction. Sotheby’s calls the jersey Chamberlain wore in the Los Angeles Lakers championship-clinching Game 5 victory over the New York Knicks the most valuable piece of his
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